VCT EMEA LCQ 2023: VALORANT scores, schedule, and format

The teams competing in the VALORANT Champions Tour EMEA Last Chance Qualifier are afforded a small advantage by way of an extra qualifying spot at VALORANT Champions 2023, thanks to the dominant efforts of Fnatic at Masters Tokyo via their second straight international VCT win. That doesn’t mean the competition will be any less fiery when six teams meet at the Messe Berlin Charlottenburg at the EMEA Last Chance Qualifier (LCQ).

It’s been a tough, emotional year for many of the VCT EMEA participants during the first season of the official partnership era. For NAVI, a tough showing at Masters Tokyo meant missing out on a guaranteed spot at Champions. And for Karmine Corp, a last-place finish was a fitting end for a season so awful that fans couldn’t look away.

But all the hardships of this year can be forgotten, if just for a moment, by securing a trip to Los Angeles and a chance to become world champions. Eight matches will take place, but after seven, we will know which two EMEA teams are Champions-bound.

VCT EMEA LCQ scores and schedule

Wednesday, July 19

• 10am CT: KOI 2-1 Team Heretics
  • KOI win map one on Fracture, 13-8.
  • Heretics win map two on Pearl, 13-10.
  • KOI win decider map on Haven, 13-6.
  • Team Heretics are eliminated.
• 1pm CT: Karmine Corp 2-1 BBL Esports
  • BBL win map one on Haven, 14-12.
  • KC win map two on Lotus, 13-9.
  • KC win decider map on Bind, 14-12.
  • BBL Esports are eliminated.

Thursday, July 20

• 10am CT: KOI 2-0 NAVI
  • KOI win map one on Split, 13-6.
  • KOI win map two on Lotus, 13-3.
  • KOI advance to upper final, NAVI fall to lower bracket.
• 1pm CT: Giants 2-0 Karmine Corp
  • Giants win map one on Pearl, 13-11.
  • Giants win map two on Split, 13-5.
  • Giants advance to upper final, Karmine Corp fall to lower bracket.

Friday, July 21

• 10am CT: Giants 2-0 KOI
  • Giants win map one on Haven, 14-12.
  • Giants win map two on Pearl, 13-5.
  • Giants advance to grand final, KOI fall to lower bracket final.
  • Giants qualify for VALORANT Champions 2023!
• 1pm CT: NAVI 2-1 Karmine Corp
  • NAVI win map one on Lotus, 13-6.
  • KC win map two on Ascent, 13-7.
  • NAVI win decider map on Lotus, 13-7.
  • NAVI advance to lower bracket final.
  • Karmine Corp are eliminated.

Saturday, July 22

• 10am CT: NAVI 3-0 KOI
  • NAVI win map one on Split, 14-12.
  • NAVI win map two on Pearl, 13-10.
  • NAVI win map three on Fracture, 13-9.
  • KOI are eliminated.
  • NAVI qualify for VALORANT Champions 2023!

Sunday, July 23

• 10am CT: Giants vs. NAVI
  • Grand Final

How to watch the VCT EMEA LCQ

The official broadcast will be available to watch on the official EMEA channels on both Twitch and YouTube. Additional broadcasts will be available in other languages as well, as will various Riot-approved co-streams.

VCT EMEA LCQ format

The six teams will compete in a double-elimination bracket, with the teams that performed the best during the VCT EMEA season—NAVI and Giants Gaming—receiving byes to the upper bracket semifinals. However, the first round of matches is single-elimination, meaning the losers are automatically eliminated. NAVI will play the winner of Heretics vs. KOI, while Giants awaits the winner of BBL vs. Karmine Corp, and the bracket will proceed with double-elimination from that point on.

All matches are best-of-three, except for the lower bracket final and the grand final which will be best-of-five. The two teams that reach the grand final will qualify for Champions 2023. Deadlock will not be available during the event.

Following the tragic passing of player Karel “Twisten” Ašenbrener, Team Vitality announced they would not participate in the VCT EMEA LCQ.